Pointer
- Description
- This replica of the Alfred jewel was made by Payne and Sons of Oxford for the Millenium celebrations of King Alfred in 1901. The Alfred Jewel is one of the most famous Anglo-Saxon objects. It was discovered at North Newton in 1693, not far from the abbey at Athelney, founded by Alfred the Great. Around the edge are the words AELFRED MEC HEHT GEWYRCAN (Alfred ordered me to be madeê). The jewel may have been the head of a pointer, used for following words in a book. The original jewel is preserved in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and was made in about AD 890.
- Accession Loan No.
- TTNCM : 178/2009
- Collection Class
- Anglo-Saxon
- Common Name
- pointer
- Simple Name
- aestel (replica)
- Full Name
- Alfred Jewel (replica)
- Production Person Surname
- Payne and Sons
- Period Classification
- Modern (AD 1800-Present)
- Production Date
- 1901
- Production Town
- Oxford
- Production County
- Oxfordshire
- Production Country
- England
- Production Continent
- Europe
- Material
- enamel, gold, rock crystal
